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  • Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using ElarmS 
    Coşkun, Zeynep. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2010., 2010.)
    Earthquake Alarms Systems, ElarmS, is designed with the goal of providing warning of forthcoming ground shaking during earthquakes. The event magnitude is found to scale with the maximum predominant period, τp max, which ...
  • Reassessment of the seismic parameters from historical seismograms of 1912-Mürefte-Şarköy, 1935-Erdek-Marmara Island and 1963-Çınakcık earthquakes 
    Başarır, Nilay. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2011., 2011.)
    Marmara Region has witnessed many destructive earthquakes where some of them caused tsunami. Examination of these earthquakes through analyzing of analog records is crucial for the interpretation of seismotectonics and to ...
  • Relocating earthquakes by hypodd in Cınarcık basın and surrounding 
    Bulut, Fatih. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2005., 2006.)
    We relocated part of aftershock activity in <;marclk Basin and surrounding that are associated with the 1999 izmit Earthquake Mw 7.4. We used double difference relocation algorithm (Waldhauser and Ellsworth, 2000) to ...
  • Resolution of isotropic percentage in moment tensor inversion of tensile sources 
    Öter, Gökçe. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2019., 2019.)
    Moment tensor solutions are commonly used in order to understand earthquake source mechanism. Moment tensor can be decomposed into three components, namely isotropic (ISO), double-couple (DC) and compensated linear vector ...
  • Search of optimal crustal velocities using waveform modelling of local earthquakes 
    Bekler, Feyza Nur. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2005., 2004.)
    One of the concerns of geophysicist during the last decade is to reduce the damage of earthquakes. As a result, seismic hazard studies have become an integral part of long term planning and mitigation. One approach is to ...
  • Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath Turkey 
    Polat, Gülten. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2006., 2006.)
    In this study, SKS and SKKS phases have been used for the analysis of shear wave splitting in order to investigate polarization anisotropy in the upper mantle beneath Turkey. To determine the shear wave splitting parameters ...
  • Seismic background noise analysis of BRTR (PS-43) array 
    Bakır, Mahmure Ezgi. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2012., 2012.)
    The seismic background noise variation of BRTR array, composed of two sub arrays located in Ankara and in Kırıkkale-Keskin, has been investigated by calculating Power Spectral Density and Probability Density Functions for ...
  • Seismic site studies in Pendik - Tuzla regions in Istanbul 
    Er, Leyla Aslı. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2010., 2010.)
    The objective of this study is to identify soil amplification and soil fundamental frequency in the area between Pendik and Tuzla, the southeast of Istanbul city, and showing how the values of soil amplification, dominant ...
  • Studying the finiteness of large earthquakes with higher order moments of the moment tensor 
    Örsvuran, Rıdvan. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2016., 2016.)
    Finite fault parameters of the large earthquakes can be obtained using kinematic finite fault models which consist of a collection of subfaults. Yet calculating each subfault individually costs time and the fault model ...
  • Symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo method 
    Öztürk, Feyza. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2022., 2022)
    Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) method is an application of a non- Euclidean geometry to an inverse problem. HMC is a probabilistic sampling method with the basis of Hamiltonian dynamics. One of the main advantages of HMC ...
  • The analysis of 2003 Saros earthquake sequence, North Eastern aegean region and a calibration study of surface wawe magnitude (Ms) 
    Mutlu, Ahu. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2005., 2005.)
    This study includes works on two different topics. In the first part, we analyzed the aftershock activity following Mw=5.8, 6th July 2003 Saros earthquake. The activity took place along the axis of the Saros gulf between ...
  • The crustal and upper mantle shear wave velocity structure beneath eastern Turkey using inversion of surface wave dispersion 
    Can, Birsen. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2005., 2006.)
    In this study, shear wave velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle across a portion of Eastern Turkey was obtained with one station method, using group and phase velocity dispersion of fundamental mode Rayleigh and ...
  • The crustal structure of the central anatolia using receiver function analysis 
    Yelkenci, Seda. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2006., 2006.)
    Central Anatolia has complicated crustal and upper mantle structure that is influenced by the thermal and geodynamic process related to motions of surrounding plates. Few studies of the crustal structure of Central Anatolia ...
  • The crustal structure of the Marmara region using receiver function analtysis 
    Büyükakpınar, Pınar. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2013., 2013.)
    The Marmara Region is a rapidly deforming area with high seismic activity in the northwestern Turkey. In order to further understand the crustal structure in the region, we present results from receiver function analysis ...
  • The magnetotlluric phase tensor method for imaging the north Anatolian fault zone 
    Bekin, Ekrem. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2016., 2016.)
    Magnetotelluric data often suffer from localized (three-dimensional) heterogeneities by a real and frequency independent phenomenon known as “galvanic distortions”. There have been numerous techniques developed for avoiding ...
  • The present day stress states in the Marmara region 
    Korkusuz, Yasemin. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2012., 2012.)
    Stress tensors with the aid of a large number of fault plane solutions provide important contributions for the evaluation of the seismotectonic setting of a region. In this study, recent earthquake activity at Ganos offshore, ...
  • The role of crustal fluids in tectonics of north-central Turkey inferred from three-dimensional magnetotellurics 
    Özaydın, Sinan. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2011., 2017.)
    Central Pontides have been an active margin to Laurasia since the Paleozoic times. They consists of geological footprints of several episodes of subduction-accretion events and collisional tectonics. For these reasons, ...
  • Tsunamis generated by submarine landslides in the Marmara sea 
    Aydın, Derya. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2014., 2014.)
    In this study, we investigated tsunamis generated by submarine landslides in the Marmara Sea. The area of Ganos, Küçükçekmece, Yenikapı and central portion in Central Basin (CNI) have been selected as a pilot landslide ...
  • Variations of source parameters due to anisotropic focal region 
    Ertuncay, Deniz. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2016., 2016.)
    Seismic sources in anisotropic medium have more complex moment tensor structures compared with the moment tensors of isotropic medium. Shear sources in an isotropic focal medium generate pure double-couple (DC) moment ...

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